The Little Thread Which Grew - the Apollo '73 to Everything But

[Zinjifar]

This was my favorite car back then....

Yeah, those old 190s were great cars.

Which reminds me of when a college friend's uncle wanted to sell his, so, Steve got to drive it to LA to try to sell it. We got to tool around in it all summer till the uncle finally despaired of it ever being sold and took it back

Zinj

 

[afaceinthecrowd]

Good story. loved the bug in the face.

Ya shoulda been there...he was big enough we coulda shared.

 

[afaceinthecrowd]

Very clever, with all my talk about critical thinking skills, I totally missed the point. Perry Mason and Lieutenant Columbo would send me to cramming.

I was trying to cook up a name for the last Toyota. You know, with all the recent bad publicity about their quality control they decide to drop the brand and change to another brand name.

HEADLINE
Toyota says to Toyota share holders, "Hey yo, To yo no mo!" The last model to call itself a Toyota will be the "Toyonomo"

FOLLOW UP HEADLINE THE NEXT DAY
Toyota Motors announces a deal with its arch rival Nissan Motors to purchase the rights to their defunct brand name Datsun. Terms have been set at $4 Billion for the buy out. The headline is shortened to read.

DATS UNUF ADAT - TOYO NO MO - TOYO NOW DATS UN DAT IS DAT!
Lakey
P.S. I might have to bring in Helluva Hoax as a consultant to clean this up.

You is on a roll!

 

[lkwdblds]

The Kaiser Darrin

Here is another really nicely designed sports car, very rare:

This is the 1954-55 Kaiser Darrin designed by Howard "Dutch" Darrin for Henry J. Kaiser and his Kaiser/Willys Motors group. It was only out for about a year and a half when Kaiser decided to abandon car production in the USA in 1955. They did continue building Jeeps from their Jeep Division which they obtained when they bought Willys Motors in 1953. They also built their 1955 Kaiser automobile in Argentina all the way up to 1962.

The Kaiser Darrin was fitted with the stock 140 Horsepower Kaiser 6 cylinder engine so it was no power house but it had a beautiful fiberglass body and the doors were sliders like today minivan doors and slid towards the back. The little rosebud grill was the cars trademark and was going to be used on further models had Kaiser continued. 0 to 60 times were about 12 or 13 seconds with top speed just abour 105 mph just like my little Datsun 1600 which came out 12 years later.

Dutch Darrin was very disappointed when Kaiser folded up and abandoned his beautifully styled sports cars so he purchased about 50 of the remaining bodies from the factory and fitted them all with Cadillac V 8 engines and sold them for about $4,000 as opposed to about $2,400 which was charged for the 6 cylinder cars. The Cadillac engine gave the cars performance commensurate with their looks but the added weight all in the front must have messed up the handling characteristics of such a light car.
Lakey

 

[lkwdblds]

1951-54 Nash-Healy

Here is another charmer! The Nash Healy built from 1951 to 1954.

George Mason of Nash Kelvinator met British racing driver Donald Healy aboard the Queen Mary around 1950. Over dinner onboard the ship, the two men decided to collaborate on a sports car. The result was the Nash-Healy, sold in very low volume, 100 or so a year for a few years. The car was fitted the the largest of Nash's 6 cylinder engines with special carburation, exhausts and other engine tweaking. I think it was fairly fast for its day. When Nash merged with Hudson in 1954 to form American Motors, a lot of costs were incurred and extra work was placed on the staff so the first thing to go was the Nash-Healy. They sold a few remaining 1954's as 1955's and quickly ended production.

I trhink it is a very nice looking sports car from that time. The grill was from the American Nash passenger cars and the inboard headlights were also used on all Nashes in 1955.

The Chevy Corvette was developed just after the Nash Healy and to me there is a little similarity in their side views as regards wheel well openings and general proportions. The Corvette is by far the better looking of the two!
Lakey

 

[CarmeloOrchards]

Carmelo - sounds like you have such a wonderful family life. I really envy you - I wish I had a family life like what you have. It's really something to be cherished. I think you are very fortunate.

I believe the phrase that applies is: No rest for the wicked.

It is all well and good to want and to dream, but it is work, and observation, and correction, and more work that keeps your dreams in place and rolling forward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c74BSImG4xM&feature=related

You've got to have a dream; if you don't have a dream, how you gonna make your dream come true?

Using our youngest child as an example, she was a working model, tv and movie actress, stage performer, and occasional product spokesperson from the time she was three. She balanced, school, work, and horses (not really in that order). She got auditing, and she gave auditing. In school, college, and grad school, she worked to learn and apply knowledge. She upgraded her skill sets. She worked in the real world with real adult responsibilities and deadlines from age 3 on up. For play, she has ridden across Mongolia on horseback. We've climbed rocks together, surfed and skied, rode horses at all hours of the day and night. We've jogged and done road races together.

All of that is work, attention to details, organization, planning, execution, correction, etc. It comes from a deep seated burning desire to have some fun. When you really know who you are, the last thing that you want to do is hang around and be boring.

Her mother held national records in the breast stroke, back when she swam for Dick Williams in Phoenix. She started her own school (K-12) thirty five years ago that is still going strong. Now she has a property management company. Moss just doesn't grow under some people's feet.

 

[Leon]

This obsession with motor cars is a clear and unmistakeable sign of a Marcabian background. I reckon you've all been through the spin-drier there and are still loving every moment of it.

sigh.

 

[Ted]

This obsession with motor cars is a clear and unmistakeable sign of a Marcabian background. I reckon you've all been through the spin-drier there and are still loving every moment of it.

sigh.

I like steam locomotives, big ones. Where does that place me?

 

[CarmeloOrchards]

You're not from Marcab, but from Hooterville

I like steam locomotives, big ones. Where does that place me?

instead of a spin drier, the clothes are air dried.


ask not where another would place you.

ask instead why you don't come back and visit the Sacramento Rail Museum

and the Jamestown Sierra Railroad

The Hooterville Cannonball has been restored.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd9WJNy7B9s

A Star is Reborn! Following its extensive restoration, North America’s most famous steam locomotive - Sierra No. 3 - will be officially unveiled on July 3 & 4, 2010

JAMESTOWN, Calif. – Widely known as the “Movie Star Locomotive,” the famed Sierra No. 3 is set to ride the rails again at Railtown 1897 State Historic Park (SHP) in Jamestown on the upcoming Fourth of July weekend. The 1891 vintage steam locomotive is returning to service following an extensive restoration effort and the public is invited! A special celebration is planned for Saturday, July 3, and Sunday, July 4, starting at 9:00 a.m. each day when the locomotive pulls into Railtown's train depot. Festivities continue all day featuring memorable steam train rides through the scenic Gold Country along with live entertainment from the Black Irish Band, Music First, Cactus Bob & Prairie Flower; costumed characters; food and beverages; movie highlights featuring Sierra No. 3; and much more.

Tapping into America’s love affair with Westerns, the iconic Sierra No. 3 became known as the “movie star locomotive” after starring in more than 100 Hollywood movies and television productions alongside world-famous celebrities beginning in the early 1900s. In addition to numerous television programs, Sierra No. 3 has appeared in movies such as The Virginian with Gary Cooper in 1929 (the first sound movie filmed outside a sound stage), High Noon with Gary Cooper and Grace Kelley in 1952, The Great Race with Jack Lemmon in 1966, Finian’s Rainbow with Fred Astaire and Petula Clark in 1968, Back to the Future III with Michael J. Fox in 1990 and Unforgiven with Clint Eastwood in 1992, to name just a few.

In addition to its impressive Hollywood film credentials, Sierra No. 3 is one of the oldest operating steam locomotives in the United States. After its official debut, Sierra No. 3 will resume its rightful place as the starring attraction at Railtown 1897 SHP, a unique attraction which combines industrial heritage, railroad history and the lore of Hollywood. In fact, Railtown 1897 SHP in Jamestown is home to one of just two remaining, fully intact and still functioning steam-era shortline railroad roundhouse complexes in the United States.

In July 2010, the “movie star locomotive” will have completed an extensive restoration which included overhauling its boiler to meet current Federal Railroad Administration standards. No. 3’s restoration process took approximately three years to complete, and cost one and one-half million dollars. The locomotive’s restoration was achieved through a partnership between the California State Railroad Museum Foundation and California State Parks, and was generously supported by a California Cultural and Historical Endowment (CCHE) grant, the Irving J. Symons Foundation for Tuolumne County, the Sonora Area Foundation, a California State Parks Foundation grant, the Teichert Foundation, the DuPont Corporation, and numerous contributions from members of the California State Railroad Museum and many other community supporters.

Over the weekend of July 3 and 4, special 45-minute excursion steam train rides will be available behind “movie star locomotive” Sierra No. 3. These rides will cost $30 for adults and $15 for youths ages 2-17 (children under age 2 are free if they do not occupy a seat). Sierra No. 3 train rides will depart at 9:30 a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 2:00 p.m., 3:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. these two days only. Due to expected high demand, advance tickets to ride behind Sierra No. 3 are strongly suggested and go on sale beginning June 4 online at www.railtown1897.org.

Railtown 1897 SHP will also offer its regular steam-powered excursion train rides this weekend. Standard ticket prices apply (please note that tickets may only be purchased onsite each day at the Park), and departure times for regular trains this weekend only will be 10:15 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 1:15 p.m., 2:45 p.m. and 4:15 p.m.

Special excursion trains pulled by Sierra No. 3 will continue through October 2010 only on the first weekend of each month; the same special prices will apply ($30 for adults and $15 for youths). Railtown 1897 SHP is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Reservoir Road in Jamestown, near Sonora. For more information, please call 209-984-3953 or visit www.railtown1897.org.

For updates on the final stages of the restoration of Sierra No. 3, enthusiasts are encouraged to follow the blog at www.railtown1897.org.

About Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Operated by California State Parks with assistance from the nonprofit California State Railroad Museum Foundation, Railtown 1897 State Historic Park offers year-round tours plus train rides weekends April-October (selected dates only November-December). Known as “The Movie Railroad,” the Park and its trains have been featured in hundreds of feature films, TV shows, and commercials. The Park is located at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Reservoir Road in Jamestown, reached by highways 49/108. Open Tuesday-Sunday except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, the Park’s operating hours vary by season: April-October, 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.; November-March, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. For more information, call Railtown 1897 State Historic Park at (209) 984-3953, or visit our Web site at www.railtown1897.org

 

[CarmeloOrchards]

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Packard Motors Returning?!
Packard was such a fine make of cars, when they went down the tubes, it left a real gap in the U.S. Market. Of course that gap has been filled by foreign makers many times over with Mercedes, BMW, Lexus, Inifiniti and the British and Italian makes. Still having an American type Mercedes brand would be nice. At one time, the USA had the Duesenberg, the Pierce Arrow and the Packard. Add this to Cadillac, Lincoln and the Imperial from Chrysler and there were enormous choices in the United States in luxury cars.

Bugatti made a comeback, the new Bugatti, costing a cool million dollars, having 1000 horsepower, doing 0 to 60 in 2.5 seconds and having a top end speed of 225 mph not kilometers but miles.

Duesenberg and others have attempted comebacks and most of them never get off the ground. The last real Packards were built in the USA for 1955 and 1956, a very nice and advanced line of cars. For 1957 and 1958, they tried to keep the brand alive while they looked for financing for a new line which they had designed. The '57s and '58's were just Studebakers with Packard engines and Packard grill and tail light assemblies. The were nicknamed Packardbakers and sold in very low volume, maybe 4,000 in 1957 and 3.000 in 1958. What a sad way for a famous luxury brand to end. Imagine Mercedes putting their logo, grill, tailights and an MB engine into a VW new Beetle and it would be kind of similar to Packard's swan song.

Unlike Abercrombie & Fitch and Eddie Bauer, two great old outdoor retailers that I used to love, which got their names recycled, and but lost every bone of their illustrious heritage, car names just can't get recycled. The new generation of cool, doesn't buy your dad's Oldsmobile.

They will be buying Tesla (for example)

 

[Zinjifar]

I have to admit, practical as I am nowdays, I'd still like a Wiessman Roadster, if I had a couple hundred thousand lying around doing nothing.

(even though I'm not knocked out by the tail lights)

Zinj

 

[lkwdblds]

The other end of the spectrum, only the French!

I have to admit, practical as I am nowdays, I'd still like a Wiessman Roadster, if I had a couple hundred thousand lying around doing nothing.

(even though I'm not knocked out by the tail lights)

Zinj

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...es?q=dyna+panhard&hl=en&sa=G&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1

Zinj, your models are superb. Obviously, the basic lines are Jaguar like. I am not familiar with the marque, I'll have to read up on it. Absolutely stunning, I even like the tail lights.

On the other side of the spectrum is the French Dyna Panhard. This is really weird looking. They use all the tired Detroit styling cliches of the past and the go the Americans even one better in making the car as ugly as possible. Only the French could have produced this "beauty".

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...ard&um=1&hl=en&sa=N&rlz=1W1RNTN_en&tbs=isch:1


Here is the Dyna Panhard's dash, notice where the speedometer is and how about the French version of the American wrap around windshield.

Last but not least is a modern modern version of the Dyna Panhard, this was one of their last efforts probably around 1960. Pretty weird huh? The car definitely has Marcabian Overtones. They were using wind tunnel testing by the time this model was produced. This car has better aerodynamics than those DC 8 looking ships used to travel the 400 light years from the MarchabiAn Confederacy of planets to Earth.


http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...es?q=dyna+panhard&hl=en&sa=G&gbv=2&tbs=isch:1

Lakey

 

[Zinjifar]

Zinj, your models are superb. Obviously, the basic lines are Jaguar like. I am not familiar with the marque, I'll have to read up on it. Absolutely stunning, I even like the tail lights.

Naturally I didnt' spell it right, which could make it hard to look up Should be Wiesmann Roadster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiesmann

The Panhard is cute, but, I'll admit, too frog for me

Zinj

 

[lkwdblds]

Is that a Jewish sport's car, the Wiesmann?

Naturally I didnt' spell it right, which could make it hard to look up Should be Wiesmann Roadster.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiesmann

The Panhard is cute, but, I'll admit, too frog for me

Zinj

I never heard of a Jewish car brand before. Of course, Wiesmann could also be German, especially with the two n's on the end of the name. All the Jewish Wiesman's I ever met spelled it with only one n. If it was a Jewish company, they should use the Star of David on their logo.

 

[FoTi]

I believe the phrase that applies is: No rest for the wicked.

It is all well and good to want and to dream, but it is work, and observation, and correction, and more work that keeps your dreams in place and rolling forward.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c74BSImG4xM&feature=related

You've got to have a dream; if you don't have a dream, how you gonna make your dream come true?

Using our youngest child as an example, she was a working model, tv and movie actress, stage performer, and occasional product spokesperson from the time she was three. She balanced, school, work, and horses (not really in that order). She got auditing, and she gave auditing. In school, college, and grad school, she worked to learn and apply knowledge. She upgraded her skill sets. She worked in the real world with real adult responsibilities and deadlines from age 3 on up. For play, she has ridden across Mongolia on horseback. We've climbed rocks together, surfed and skied, rode horses at all hours of the day and night. We've jogged and done road races together.

All of that is work, attention to details, organization, planning, execution, correction, etc. It comes from a deep seated burning desire to have some fun. When you really know who you are, the last thing that you want to do is hang around and be boring.

Her mother held national records in the breast stroke, back when she swam for Dick Williams in Phoenix. She started her own school (K-12) thirty five years ago that is still going strong. Now she has a property management company. Moss just doesn't grow under some people's feet.

Wow! Sounds like you have a wonderful family. I still think you are very fortunate.

 

[Zinjifar]

I never heard of a Jewish car brand before. Of course, Wiesmann could also be German, especially with the two n's on the end of the name. All the Jewish Wiesman's I ever met spelled it with only one n. If it was a Jewish company, they should use the Star of David on their logo.

German. Although, that's not to say the name couldn't be jewish too. They use BMW running gear and engines. Not so sure about matzahs.

Zinj

 

[Ted]

I have to admit, practical as I am nowdays, I'd still like a Wiessman Roadster, if I had a couple hundred thousand lying around doing nothing.

(even though I'm not knocked out by the tail lights)

Zinj

Very nice. Looks like it has taken some cues from the Austin-Healy 3000.

 

[Zinjifar]

http://www.streetfire.net/video/094-top-gear-wiesmann-mf-3-vs-tvr-tuscan-2_185166.htm

(maybe if I do PR for them they'll give me one )

Zinj

 

[lkwdblds]

The wiesmann steals the show.

http://www.streetfire.net/video/094-top-gear-wiesmann-mf-3-vs-tvr-tuscan-2_185166.htm

(maybe if I do PR for them they'll give me one )

Zinj

That Wiesmann is some kind of vehicle, sort of a show stealer. What is with your slogan at the end of your post, "There is something eternal in me and it is not "I"." That is an extremely profound statement. Vinaire and Geir Isene are discussing matters of that type on Geir's thread right at this time. That is such a heavy concept to deal with but oddly enough I believe it is a true statement. What do I know, its just a guess, just feels right.

That statement transcends Scientology which is built upon claims to bolster up the "I" with all kinds of supernatural powers to the point where an "I" runs its own Universe. But if and when we reach that state, we know that after a while, one becomes bored running their own universe and seeks some counter intention and more randomity and off we go into another MEST universe type game, perhaps with slightly different parameters just to add a little spice.

That statement of yours is a jumping off point to go beyond Scientology into some other game or into no game. If one were to demo out that sentence, there is no telling what might happen if and when the person FULLY grasps that concept.
Lakey

 

[mate]

You now have only seven days left to get your submission in.

You have done yours? Thank you for doing it

You haven’t done yours? Let me ask you some questions.

Do you feel that family disconnection tears a family apart?

Are you aware that disconnection occurs in some religions?

Do you feel that the proposed amendment could handle this?

Are you in support of the amendment?

Good! Now, put your answers together in a few sentences and Voila! You have your submission. So send it NOW and I mean NOW.

David.